Economy Minister: Air France will Launch Regular Flights in August

Air France is to relaunch regular flights from Tbilisi International Airport to France from August, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava announced today. 

She added that negotiations are also underway with Air Baltic, the flag carrier of Latvia, however, at this stage, the Minister could not specify when the airline will relaunch regular flights.

"Within the five countries to which Georgia unconditionally opened its borders, we talked about the resumption of direct flights in August. In the case of Germany, negotiations with Lufthansa have been successfully completed; the company has already published the flight schedule and tickets are on sale.

"The next step was to hold negotiations with Air France and today we have confirmed with the company that from the beginning of August, it will be able to carry out regular flights twice a week. The exact date should be set by the company itself,” Turnava said.

Reportedly, regular flights between Tbilisi and Paris will resume from August 8.

Recently, Georgia opened its borders for travelers from five countries including Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, all of which have also opened borders for Georgia.

Yesterday, it was announced that the German airliner Lufthansa will resume regular flights Munich-Tbilisi-Munich from August 2.

By Ana Dumbadze 

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